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About Link3IT

The specialist you call when you need depth — not a big firm's overhead.

Link3IT is an independent identity security practice built around a simple idea: mid-market and enterprise organizations deserve senior, specialized attention sized to their needs.

Andrew Symister

Founder & Identity Security Consultant
Certifications
CyberArk TrusteeEarned
CyberArk Defender (PAM)In Progress
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)In Progress

Link3IT was founded by Andrew Symister, an identity engineer working in identity operations at a global financial-services firm — a regulated, audit-intensive environment where privileged access and governance are not optional.

That operational reality shapes how Link3IT works: practical, control-focused, and grounded in how these systems actually behave in production — built and proven in a full hybrid-identity lab, not slideware.

“The fastest way to reduce identity risk is rarely a new tool. It's getting disciplined about the privileged access you already have.”

The expertise is grounded in hands-on engineering and technical certification rather than a particular pedigree — controlled reference environments, identity automation, and documented architectures that demonstrate the work rather than just describe it.

Specialist, not generalist

The focus stays deliberately narrow — CyberArk, Entra ID, Active Directory, and the governance that ties them together. Depth beats breadth in identity security.

Senior attention, direct

You work with the engineer doing the work, not a sales team and a junior bench. No translation layer, no hand-off to someone who's never seen your environment.

Operator's perspective

Grounded in day-to-day identity operations inside a regulated, audit-intensive environment — so the advice reflects how these systems actually behave in production.

Reduce identity risk — start with a conversation.

A focused discussion of your privileged access and identity priorities, and where Link3IT can reduce risk fastest. No pitch, no obligation.